Copper Jug with Apple

Cor blimey copper!

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Tomato in Wine Glass

A wine with a distinctive a-Roma.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pier at the Mouth of Mordialloc Creek, Port Phillip Bay

A pier--or at least what appears to be a pier--for you to peer at.  Had I chosen not to paint the pier, it would have been a painting without pier.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Boats at Mordialloc Creek

It was somewhat difficult to choose a subject, but after some reflection I took to the water.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Lemon with Green Background

Subscribers to my blog (both you and me, dear reader) will be familiar with my tendency to paint at least two objects in every still life.  In the present case of a solo lemon, the number of objects has been re-juiced.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Pear with Antique Poison Bottle

When handling poison, parental supervision is advised (one wants a safe pair of hands).

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Blue Jug with Plastic Flowers

This jug painting is somewhat pitcheresque.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 12"

Pink Rose in Bottle

Daily painting results in rows and rows of paintings, and occasionally paintings of roses.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Oil Storage Tank and Ship at Gellibrand and Breakwater Piers, Williamstown

The ship and the oil storage tank each sit beside a pier, but neither pier is visible.  You might say they've disappiered from view.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Onion with Mustard Jar

Gravy training: Onion and mustard (the combination of which make and excellent gravy) combined with the discipline of sharpening one's painting skills.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Still Life with Pink Cloth

I arrived at class to find that we were still doing still life.  Unlike this piece of cloth, I was hardly tickled pink (though somehow I suspect the colour of the cloth owes more to dye than tickling).

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 14"

Electricity Pole, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

This image a substandard reproduction of the original painting; in fact, I'd go so far as to say that the two are poles apart.

Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Emergency Ward at Old Kyneton Hospital

Emergency ward: not to be confused with an emergency award, often bestowed on firefighters and paramedics for bravery.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Mount Macedon from Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

Some friends joined me for an afternoon of painting and we were roused into action by the view of this distant mountain; so much so that I have declared the occasion the fillip of Macedon.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Pastoria Homestead

I stood on a hill above this homestead, and the scene and sunshine stood my sketch in good stead.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

House at Pipers Creek

As I painted this picture by the side of the road, I was unsettled by a recurrent movement in the long grass nearby.  The origin of this disturbance remained an enigma, even if I was able to discern its name: Russell.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Vases with Plastic Flowers and Red Cloth

I made an early mistake when painting these plastic roses and spent the rest of the class back-petaling.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 12"

Plastic Dinosaur

Plasticine-era dinosaur, obviously.

Then of course, there's the debate as to whether plastic dinosaurs are made from real dinosaurs: https://what-if.xkcd.com/101/.

Oil on canvas board, 2" x 2"

Albert Park Lake

I had a hull of a time painting the boat--it moved considerably faster than my paintbrush.

Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"

Glass Vase with Plastic Flowers

The afternoon winter sun took me by surprise when it faded rapidly, leaving me to finish my painting in the gloom.  I tried to make light of the unfortunate situation, but it failed to deliver the required illumination.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 8"

Accidental Cubism: Teapot from Multiple Viewpoints

After more than two years of daily painting, one would think that one (i.e. me, just one of me) would be able to render objects to a T, and yet this painting proves that things can still go to pot.

Oil on canvas board, 7" x 5"

Mandarine with Silver-Plated Jug

A jug and a mandarine make a pour man's orange.

Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

Red Vase with Plastic Lilies

According to one Bill Shakespeare, the epitome of superfluity is to paint the lily ("To gild refined gold, to paint the lily"); however, I'm sure he'd have condoned attempts to improve the lily's plastic counterparts.

Oil on canvas board, 12" x 10"

Red Pepper with Jar of Chillies

Red, chillies, pepper--if only there was a popular culture reference that combined these terms.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"

Antique Whisky Bottle in Tea Towel

The creation of great whisky is often shrouded in secrecy, whilst whiskies shrouded in a tea towels are generally less alluring.

Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"